One thing you might notice, if you look at the activity lights on the ps3, is that the network activity seems to be very "bursty", and that might cause some problemsDon't know exactly if it's ps3's fault or not.

meskibob wrote:To wire up your network:1) Connect the PS3's ethernet port to one of the router's LAN ports using an ethernet cable.2) Go to the PS3's network settings and tell it to use the Wired connection (see the PS3 manual for more details)3) Connect the laptop's ethernet port to another one of the router's LAN ports using an ethernet cable.4) Disable the Wireless NIC on your laptop and enable the ethernet NIC (example of how to do this on WinXP: http://www.home-network-help.com/disable-network.html)